#AA5740#AA5740

#AA5740 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.115 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA5740
RGB	rgb(170, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 31.92, 28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 42.91, 41.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.0923 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.115 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9129, 15.7349, 6.7853)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA5740 #4093AA

analogous

#AA405E #AA5740 #AA8C40

triadic

#AA5740 #40AA57 #5740AA

tetradic

#AA5740 #5EAA40 #4093AA #8C40AA

square

#AA5740 #5EAA40 #4093AA #8C40AA

split-complementary

#AA5740 #40AA8C #405EAA

monochromatic

#51291F #7E402F #AA5740 #C47863 #D59F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#AA5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#AA5740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AA5740

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AA5740	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.115 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88875',
    500: '#aa5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa5740;
$custom-light: #c88875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.019,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55191,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA5740

secondary

#86B3C0

accent

#B9D553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA5740

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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